Journal metric profile

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 43/139 Recorded category rank

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by BMC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.400, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 43 out of 139 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 24,035 total citations, 1,015 total articles, 1,077 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.800, which is 0.400 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.880.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 1471-2474. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameBMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
Abbreviated journalBMC MUSCULOSKEL DIS
PublisherBMC
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSNNot available
eISSN1471-2474
Total cites24,035
Total articles1,015
Citable items1,077
Cited half-life5.5 years
Citing half-life7.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.400
5-Year Impact Factor2.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.200
Journal Citation Indicator0.880
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank43/139
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS is 2.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS?

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS?

BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS is listed as being published by BMC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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